NFL 2K3

The first appearance of Sega's pigskin franchise on the GameCube is an auspicious one. Read Review

Sega's hard-hitting football series is ready for the 2002-03 season. Are you? Step out onto the gridiron for the most realistic football imaginable, enjoying full NFL rosters, detailed stadiums, and more. Using its new ESPN endorsement, the game presents its action in full television style, complete with spinning graphics, awesome slow-motion replays, stats, analysis, and the rest of the fixings. With better player models and more focused physics, NFL 2K3 takes on the feel of the pros, and new motion-capture animations further articulate the game-day action; one-handed tips, animated coaches, hurried throws, and other brilliant minutia are at play throughout the games, and team AI has been honed to perfection. Franchise mode puts you in the role of GM, challenging you to make good draft decisions and smart trades all from within the strict confines of a salary cap. Of course, you can always play a single game or enjoy a full season as well, and there are plenty of other goodies for pigskin fans, too.

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When I played Pop Warner football in my younger years, I could never figure out why the coach stressed the details so much. Were defenders really paying attention to how much weight I placed on my fingers in a three-point stance? Did linebackers really notice if I glanced at the hole I was supposed to run through before the snap? At the time all I wanted to do was have fun, but as my football career wore on into high school I began to notice that the small details were what separated the champs from the chumps. NFL 2K3 for the GameCube proves that this ideal also holds weight in the realm of video game football, but it also shows that Sega's sports games for the GameCube are not its priority. Read More »